#16937E#16937E

#16937E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.106 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16937E
RGB	rgb(22, 147, 126)
HSL	hsl(170, 74%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(170, 85%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(85%, 0%, 14.3%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, -36.96, 2.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 37.02, 176.81°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% -0.1056 0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.106 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.5285, 22.5425, 23.3200)
Luminance	0.2254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16937E #93162B

analogous

#16933F #16937E #166993

triadic

#16937E #7E1693 #937E16

tetradic

#16937E #3F1693 #93162B #699316

square

#16937E #3F1693 #93162B #699316

split-complementary

#16937E #931669 #933F16

monochromatic

#062923 #0E5E50 #16937E #1EC8AC #41E3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#16937E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#16937E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16937E

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16937E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16937E	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D897D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7E80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16937e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 147, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.106 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6db3a3',
    500: '#16937e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16937e;
$custom-light: #6db3a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16937e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.92,
    "s": 73.964,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59532,
    "c": 0.10567,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16937E

secondary

#C34258

accent

#3756F1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F3

border

#C8D0CD

text

#08110F

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16937E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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